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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

PATRICK F. MOOOURT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PASSENGER-REGISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,659, dated October 6, 1874; application filed August 8, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK F. MCCOURT, of the city of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Machine for Registering Passengers, of which the following is a specification The object of my invention is to register automatically the number of persons passing into or leaving a street-car, omnibus, or any place where it may be desired to number such.

My invention consists in combining with a turn-stile or gate placed on the platform of cars, if applied to cars, the mechanism, hereinafter described and shown, which will register the number of persons passing into or out of the cars.

In the accompanying drawings, the vertical revolving shaft S is attached to the gate to, and carries upon its lower extremity the flat wheel A, which has the four radial arms or tappets, a a a a, upon its upper disk, and is held to the shaft S by the set-screw g. These arms or tappets are hinged to the wheel A, near its center, and extend far enough beyond the periphery to operate upon the beveled cogs of the side wheels B B. The tappets are held in place by the slotted studs 01 cl, placed upon the periphery of the central wheel A, which allow sufficient vertical motion to the ends of the tappets for them to pass over the cogs on the side wheels B B when they strike the up- The side wheels B B have six cogs, placed at equal distances from each other, which are beveled upon their upper surfaces, as shown in Fig. 1. These wheels are attached to the vertical screw-bolts D D, and held in place by the set-screws r 1". The indicators P P are attached to the screwbolts D D, and held in place by the set-screws m m, which works in the grooves of the screwbolts. As the screw-bolts revolve, the pointers or indicators are raised or lowered. In front of the central shaft S is placed the scale C, graduated upon its two edges to any desirable number, the pitch of screws upon the bolts D D being made to correspond. The springs p p are placed upon the top of the screw-bolts to preserve the necessary pressure, and the threads on the bolts should run out before reaching the top, to prevent the indicators from binding, in the event of their being raised too far. When the indicators have reached the top of the screw-bolts they are lowered to the bottom by loosening set-screws m m. The tops of the screws D D, as well as the central shaft S, are kept in place by the cross-bar E, which also holds the top of the scale 0. Between the central wheel A and the two side wheels B B are placed the center-preventers or small latches L L, (shown in Fig. 3,) which device prevents the wheels from ever getting on the center should the machine be half reversed. This device consists of the latch L, pivoted to the stud h, and operated upon by the spring q. An alarm -bell, F, is placed in the rear of the scale 0, and placed so as to be operated upon by the arms or tappets a a a a.

When the machine is ready to operate, the indicators are let down to the bottom of the screw-bolts, (the set-screws r 4 being in front,) and point to zero on the scale. Now, as a person passes in through the gate or wicket the central wheel is turned one-quarter of a revolution, and the outer end of the tappet comes in contact with the thick edge of the cog on the side wheel B, the screw-bolt is turned far enough to raise the indicator P one degree on the scale, and at the same time the preceding tappet on the central wheel strikes the belllatch '0, and notifies the conductor. At the same instant also the tappet preceding the last mentioned is raised by the latch L, so as to strike the inclined surface of one of the cogs on the wheel B, and pass over without moving that wheel. The small springs s s s s, placed on the top of the tappets, force them down after passing over the cogs. Upon the exit of a person from the car or inclosure, the turn-stile or wicket is reversed, turning the cog wheel B, and raising the indicator P, which registers one on the right edge of the scale 0; but the bell-latch n being beveled upon that side, the tappet passes over without ringing the bell, it being unnecessary to notify the conductor when a person passes out, although it may be desirable to register the number leaving the car or inclosure.

The apparatus for ringing the alarm-bell F consists of the plate K, with the ends turned upright to receive the ends of the rocking shaft T, which carries the hammer l, and the latch o. The coiled spring 0 at one end forces the hammer against the bell when the latch o is sprung.

The whole mechanism for registering is inclosed within the semi-cylindrical box M, which is secured by the doors R R, and may be placed above or below the wicket or door.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The mechanism for registering passengers, consisting of the central wheel A, with its four tappets, a a a a, the side cog-wheels B B, screw-bolts D D, indicators 1? P, and

scale C, the whole constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. ln combination with the above-described mechanism for registering passengers, the belllatch o, rocking shaft T, plate K, hammer l, and bell F, the whole constructed and operating substantially as shown and described.

PATRICK FRANCIS MOOOURT.

Witnesses:

JOHN DEVLIN, N. DUBoIs. 

